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with difficulty on their hinges, its win- dows grow dim with age, and all pro- claims that the earthly house of this tabernacle is soon to be dissolved." OF THE BODY. But while the outward walls are perish- ing, the affections within, still devoted to their King, are renewed day by day. The flame of devotion continues to burn with a clear and steady lustre, until suddenly the earthquake of death shakes the foun- dations of the palace and lays it in the dust, a mass of ruins. How sad the sight, so fine a building in a moment thus be- come a heap of dust. But it is not al-
ways to remain a heap of dust; it is to
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